StageWest prepares for Scrooge

StageWest proudly presents a reader’s theater production of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol,” adapted as a radio play by Antony E. Palermo and directed by Kay Byron-Pacheco.

The original story was known as “Ghost Story of Christmas” and written in 1843. Charles Dickens’ major literary themes were of his memory and forgiveness. He believed that through experiencing the joy and sorrow of memory, you could learn to live properly in this world.

Scrooge has often been mistakenly presented as an evil man with no redeeming characteristics who suddenly gets converted overnight...